n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: frac · tured ; frac · tur · ing \ -ch ə -ri ŋ , -shri ŋ \
Date: 1612
transitive verb
1 a : to cause a fracture in : BREAK < fracture a rib> b : RUPTURE , TEAR
2 a : to damage or destroy as if by rupturing b : to cause great disorder in c : to break up : FRACTIONATE d : to go beyond the limits of (as rules) : VIOLATE < fractured the English language with malaprops ― Goodman Ace>
intransitive verb : to undergo fracture